Exploring Cryoneurolysis for Acute Pain Management

The Pulse| June 2024 Exploring Cryoneurolysis for Acute Pain Management Kelly Wolfgang Kelly Wolfgang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor June 2024, Vol. 88, 33. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001023704.89654.ec Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Exploring Cryoneurolysis for Acute Pain Management. ASA Monitor 2024; 88:33 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001023704.89654.ec Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: acute pain management, cryoneurolysis In the care of acute pain management, such as for perioperative burn and trauma patients, ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis offers an exciting treatment option that prolongs analgesia beyond mere hours or days. By applying extreme cold to targeted nerve tissue, this thermal neurolytic technique disrupts the conduction of pain signals from the periphery to the central nervous system, significantly diminishing or even disrupting pain for extended periods of time. With the introduction of handheld devices specifically designed to deliver cryoneurolysis and recent advancements in ultrasound technology, anesthesiologists have pioneered the application of cryoneurolysis for acute pain management. The treatment involves the use of low temperatures to reversibly ablate peripheral nerves, disrupting nerve conduction and offering prolonged pain relief. Analgesic intensity and duration can be controlled by the degree of nerve damage from freezing based on the probe proximity to the nerve, probe size, rate and duration of freezing, ice ball size,... You do not currently have access to this content.